The new Schembechler Hall museum is quite a sight – definitely check it out next time you have the means. According to #1000SSS “the Towsley Family Museum inside Schembechler Hall will be open to the public on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the year. The museum will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on those days and is free to the public.”

The best stuff (to me) is the memorabilia, the vast majority of it is on loan from the personal collection of Ken Magee, the owner of Ann Arbor Sports Memorabilia. A couple items of note. Ticket to the 1898 Chicago game that inspired Louis Elbel to compose ‘The Victors’:

They also have a press “ribbon” to The Victors game in the display case.

Elsewhere – one downside is that despite being a (very) spacious facility, they decided (at least for now) to not include the Little Brown Jug— not even the replica that has been on display in the museum for years.

That said, consider #1000SSS forgiven for including this note inside the display dedicated to the LBJ rivalry: